#TodayILearned that the Mandarin Chinese word for bangs (the hairstyle) is 刘海 (liúhaǐ), which I found super odd because it looks like someone’s name, so I did a bit of digging.

And turns out…it is someone’s name. Liuhai was the adopted name of a prominent (legendary?) character in Daoist history, who wrote a handful of Daoist texts. He’s often known as 刘海蟾 (liúhaǐchán, literally Liuhai Toad), and he is often drawn playing with a three-legged golden toad and holding a string of golden coins, in a template known as 刘海戏金蟾 (Liuhai playing with the golden toad), and get this…he’s traditionally shown with hair bangs.

And…that’s it. “Bangs” is literally known as “Liuhai’s hairstyle”.

#chinese #mandarin #hairstyle

#TodayILearned that the Mandarin Chinese word for bangs (the hairstyle) is 刘海 (liúhaǐ), which I found super odd because it looks like someone’s name, so I did a bit of digging.

And turns out…it is someone’s name. Liuhai was the adopted name of a prominent (legendary?) character in Daoist history, who wrote a handful of Daoist texts. He’s often known as 刘海蟾 (liúhaǐchán, literally Liuhai Toad), and he is often drawn playing with a three-legged golden toad and holding a string of golden coins, in a template known as 刘海戏金蟾 (Liuhai playing with the golden toad), and get this…he’s traditionally shown with hair bangs.

And…that’s it. “Bangs” is literally known as “Liuhai’s hairstyle”.

#chinese #mandarin #hairstyle